Keeping track of the ever-evolving HTML5 and CSS 3 support in today’s web browsers can be an overwhelming task. Sure you can use CSS animations to create some whiz-bang effects, but should you? Which browsers support it? What should you do about older browsers? The first question can be answered by When Can I Use, which tracks browser support for HTML5 … [Link]

Our API directory now includes 37 food APIs. The newest is the Food Genius API. The most popular, in terms of mashups, is the Menu Mania API. We list 6 Menu Mania mashups. Below you’ll find some more stats from the directory, including the entire list of food APIs. In terms of the technical details, REST and XML lead the way. … [Link]

This new daily ProgrammableWeb feature brings you the latest from the world of APIs, both on PW and from around the web. Let us know in the comments what works for you and where we can improve. The web’s largest video site has added a new personalization feature to its YouTube API. Sure to be misunderstood as a privacy concern, the … [Link]

Telephony-as-a-service company Twilio (a ProgrammableWeb sponsor) is set to announce new volume pricing for heavy users of its Twilio SMS API. The company had previously dropped the price for SMS twice, but did not yet have published volume pricing. Those using over 500,000 SMS messages a month will now pay a fraction of a penny per SMS. “We don’t want our … [Link]

Some tasks in life are so boring that they could never be fun, just don’t tell GreenGoose that. GreenGoose is a real life “gamification” company, using small sensors and accelerometers on stickers to track everyday behavior. The company will eventually sell sensors designed to track anything from how often you drink from a water bottle, to how far you can throw … [Link]

As part of Google’s continuing quest to dole out web pages ever more quickly, the search giant has proposed a number of changes to Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), the ubiquitous Internet protocol used to reliably deliver HTTP and HTTPS data (and much more besides) over the ‘net. Google’s focus is on reducing latency between client machines and servers, and in particular, … [Link]

Headlining PeopleTools 8.52's list of improvements is support for Apple's popular iPad tablet. The move makes Oracle the lone enterprise resource planning vendor to provide an enterprise suite on the iPad, giving users the ability to access PeopleSoft on the go while maintaining the functionality and security one would normally expect in a stationary setting. While iPad support is appealing, … [Link]